Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

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Botanical Name: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Common Name: Kinnikinnick; Bearberry
Family: Ericaceae
Type of Plant: Evergreen groundcover
Habit: Mat-forming with trailing branches.
Growth Rate: Slow
10-Year Height: < 1'
Mature Height: 6-12"
Leaves: Alternate, simple, obovate-oblong, displayed evenly on stem, lustrous dark green above, lighter below, margins have a fringe of minute hairs (ciliate).
Flowers: Perfect, white-tinged pink, urn-shaped, in terminal nodding racemes. April-May
Fruit: Fleshy fruit (drupe), bright red. Doesn't always fruit.
Buds/New Growth: 
Stem/Bark: Exfoliating bark on older stems.
Culture: Sun or partial shade. Does best in poor, sandy, infertile, acid soils. There are reports that it grows well on limestone rock. Good salt tolerance.
Pruning: 
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Landscape Uses: Groundcover. Rockeries. Steep banks. Street median plantings (and other neglected areas).
Additional Information: Often find them on mountaintops. uva-ursi: bear's grape (uva, grape; ursi, bear, in the family Ursidae). "Kinnikinnik" is thought to be an Algonquian term meaning "smoke mixture." The dried leaves were smoked by a number of Native American groups living along the Pacific Ocean over the past two centuries, but there is little evidence of these groups smoking it prior to their contact with Europeans (Pojar and MacKinnon, 1994). The berries are still used medicinally to treat bladder and kidney disorders.
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Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’

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Botanical Name: Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’
Common Name: Burning Bush; Winged Euonymus
Family: Celastraceae
Type of Plant: Deciduous shrub
Habit: Dense, rounded form, formal "aristocratic" look, flat-topped.
Growth Rate: Slow
10-Year Height: < 6'
Mature Height: 8' - 10'
Leaves: Opposite to sub-opposite, elliptic to obovate, acute, finely serrate, acuminate. Bright red fall color.
Flowers: Perfect, yellow-green, 3-flowered cyme, each flower 4-petaled. April-May.
Fruit: Reddish-purple, ovoid, fruits borne under foliage.
Buds/New Growth: Imbricate, green-red-brown, 6 to 8 pairs of bud scales, conical, ovoid, acute, glabrous, strongly divergent, actually bringing the continuous wing.
Stem/Bark: Stem green to brown with 2- to 4-armed, prominent corky ridges. Generally the more vigorous shoots have the biggest wings.
Culture: Sun to part shade
Pruning: 
Pests/Diseases: 
Landscape Uses: Mixed shrub border, summer hedge, focal point (especially in fall)
Additional Information: alatus: winged, the shoots.

Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora'

Botanical Name: Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora'
Common Name: Japanese Kerria
Family: Rosaceae
Type of Plant: Deciduous shrub
Habit: Arching, lanky, suckers profusely
Growth Rate: Fast
10-Year Height: < 6'
Mature Height: 6-8'
Leaves: Alternate, simple, double serrated, pleated, olive green, impressed veins.
Flowers: Double, bright yellow flowers that are ball-shaped.
Fruit: 
Buds/New Growth: Imbricate, greenish brown, glabrous, zig-zag stem
Stem/Bark: Distinct yellowish green to bright green in winter.
Culture: Full shade to full sun, but works best in part shade.
Pruning: After flowering.
Pests/Diseases: 
Landscape Uses: Woodland edge, mixed shrub border.
Additional Information: Can be invasive.

Acer circinatum

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Botanical Name: Acer circinatum
Common Name: Vine Maple
Family: Aceraceae
Type of Plant: Broadleaf deciduous tree
Habit: Multi-stemmed, shrubby, spreading, sprawling and vine-like in forest shade but bushy and dense in sun. Can bend over easily, which can sometimes cause the top of the tree to grow into the ground and send out a new root system, creating a natural arch.
Growth Rate: Fast
10-Year Height: > 10
Mature Height: 16 - 26'
Leaves: Opposite, simple, almost circular in outline, heart-shaped at base, (5)7 to 9(11) lobed, lobes unequal or doubly toothed.  In sun develops red, orange, and yellow fall colors.
Flowers: In clusters of 3-6, perfect or staminate (male), long stalk, sepals deep red, petals greenish white, 6-10 stamens. April-May
Fruit: Wings horizontally spread, deep red at maturity.
Buds/New Growth: New growth and branchlets are a soft green while older growth becomes reddish-brown.
Stem/Bark: Bark is usually smooth, but is also sometimes finely fissured.
Culture: Sun or deep shade. Prefers moist, shady conditions, but tolerates sun.
Pruning: 
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Landscape Uses: Native plantings, shade tree. Low water requirements makes them attractive in xeriscapes.
Additional Information: 
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